Photographic appliance



' Oct. 1s, 1927.

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PATENT oFFlcE.

'VICTOR C.. ERNST, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

(PHOTOGRAPHIC APPLIANCE.

i AApplication filed'l June 2,

My invention relates 'to a photographic appliance and more particularly to the combination with a camera or cameras ofv a controllable source of light together with mechanism whereby the presence or absence of definitely .directed illumination is controlled in predetermined timed' relation with respect to the actuation of the operating mechanism of one or more of the cameras.-

The object 4of'my invention is to provide anappliance, preferably as a compact'unltary structure, to' be used .for-- recording nism subject to simp e manual control direct Anatural or artificial light rays toward one or more objects and during the illumination A cause one or more photographs to be taken.

son and the card holder.

As exemplified by the drawings, light will be flashed toward a person placed in the field of view of an objective and simultaneously reflected toward, ay card likewise in the eld of view of an objective and upon which has been written data pertainin to theperson bein photographed. Variations are comprehen ed enabling a differing relation in the timeperiods of the exposures of the desired images, and in respect to structural modications. v v

According to the ,present invention, however, I provide a photo aphic appliance having two objectives,A a apted simultaneously to take pictures on the same sensitized element of, a person and a card or record sheet, ydisplaying a description or otherwise pertaining to said .person including a card older accessibly arranged outside of the camera. V The invention further provides a camera as described in the preceding paragraph having connected therewith a source of light adapted simultaneously to illuminate the per- Adverting to the drawings:

Figure I is mainly a vertical longitudinal section showin a photographic appliance Aembodying my invention.

JVII--VII of Figure I.

1923. Serial 'N0. 643,063.

Figure II is a vertical cross section on line II-II of Figure I. V

Fi ure III is an-enlar ed plan section on line II-III of Figure II.

y Figure iIV is an enlarged section online IV--IV of Figure II.

Figure V- is a top plan view of my appliance showing its upper portion also 1n an alternative position indicated by dotted lines. Figure VI is a plan section on line VI--VI of Figure I. Figure VII is a plan. section on line gure VIII 1s a perspective view showing the method of using my photographic appliance, the upper part being shown to occupy the` position indicated lines in Figure V.

Figure IX-is a plan view of one of the double photographs obtained vby the use of my invention.

by the dotted Figure X is an enlarged and broken plan l view of-tan ed e of one detail.

Figure XI- 1s mainly a vertical lon itudinal section of a modified form of my invention, wherein a'roll film with automatic feed mechanism is substituted for the .lm pack.

Figure XII is a plan section on line XII- XII of Figure XI.

Figure XIII is a fragmentary plan secv p tion on line XIII--XIII of Figure XII.

Figure XIV is mainl a vertical longitudinal section of a sim li ed modification.

A base 1 is provi ed with a -central bore 2 enlarged or countersunk at 3 ,and around its u in w ichv is seated a hollow pedestal 5 rovided on one side with an opening 6' an on its opposite .side with a-smaller o enin 7. The pedestal 5 is divided and reingorce by a partition 8 having a central opening 9, and the pedestal 5 is further supplied with a top 10 likewise fashioned with a central' opening' 11 and also with a se ental slot 12 indicated by dotted lines in Igilgl'lure VII and the purpose .of which will hereinafter appear.

'Abolt-l has its head 14 occupying the A nut and lock nut combination 17 vcooperper end bordered by a square recess 4f ating with the upper screw threaded end off l the bolt 13 within-the camera 16 serves to effect a swivel connection between the pedestal 5 andthe camera compartment 16 enabling the latter to be turned about-the boltl 10a an opening- 15 in the bottom of a camera 16.

55 cap 45`s fashioned on oneside .with a cavit 1 3 as an axis and as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure V.

The back of the camera compartment 16 is fashioned on opposite vertical sides with` channels 18 for the insertion, in. a manner common to the art, of a lm pack 19. The top of the camera compartment 16 is provided with an opening 20 shown in Figure I. The upper front of the camera compartment carries a cylindrical structure 21 provided exteriorly of the compartment with a lens 22 which is so designated in Figure VIII and interiorly of the compartment is provided with a shutter 23, shown in 1Figure II, and controlled by a lever 24. The lower front of the camera compartment similarly has fitted in it a hollow structure 25 -including a lens (not shown) and in front of the lens a prism 26 adapted to receive light.rays entering from below through a filter 27 and to Areflect them through the lens. The parts justA described may be seen in Figure I. Interiorly of the camera com` partment the structure 25 has operatively mounted in it a shutter 28 controlled by a lever 29 as may bev seen in the Figure III The camera compartment is divided by a horizontal partition 30 to prevent halations, due to light rays through one lens reaching the sensitized surface to which the other lens properly transmits an image.

Directing attention to Figures II and III,

i `electric wires 31 and 32 bound in an insulat- 37 and normally heid thereagainst b ing cable 33 enter the pedestal 5 through a detachable plug 34 which is fitted in the o g 7. A tubular casing 35 is fitted in t e opening 6 and carries exteriorly of the pedestal 5 a fla-nge 36v through which screws are passed to secure it to the pedestal. The

'casing 35 .has its outer end fashioned with a bore 37 and on its inner end encloses a collar 38 detachably held in place by machine screws 39. A metal plunger 40 is movable through the collar 38 and carries interiorly of the casing 35 a iiange 41 adapted to abut a shoulder surrounding the bore a ring 42. A manually reciprocable an insulated ush button 43 is detachably connected with the screw threaded outer end 44 of the plunger 40 so as to be movable in the bore 37 inwardly against the action of the spring 42 and so as'to move the plunger 40 a ong with it. The casing 35 is closed by a screw cap 45 covering the button 43. The

46 into which a plunger 47 of a cylinder loc 48 is adapted to project to prevent unscrewing of the cap 45. The movement of the plunger 47 toits unlocking position' is controlled by a key 49. Y i The inner end ofthe plunger 40. carries an insulating fork 50, and on opposite sides of the inner end of the plun er 40 the casing .35 `carries a pair of yiel 'ngly mounted connected with the terminal 52, whereas the 4 wire 31 together with another wire 53 which is connected with the terminal 51 are conducted through a cable 54 leading up through the segmental opening 12 through an appropriate opening 55in the bottom of the camera compartment 16, through the opening 20 in the top of the camera compartment and through a socket 56 carried by the camera to an electric lamp 57 disposed in a reflector'58.

The fork 50 straddles one end of a bell crank lever 59 pivoted tothe bolt 13 at 60. The other end of the lever 59 articulates with a link 61 passing up throughthe partition 8 and having an adjustable turn buckle connection at 62 with a rod 63 which passes upwardly through the segmental opening 12 and through an opening 64 in the bottom of the camera to have a ball and socket connection at 65 with the end of the lever 29. An elbow 66 also has a ball and socket connection at 67 with the lever 29. The ball and socket connections just/specified constitute universal joints and are clearly shown in Figure IV. The upper end of the elbow 66 is adjustably connected ,by means'of a turn buckle 68 with arod 69 which also has a ball and socket articulation at .70 with the shutter operating lever 24. TheV turn-buckle adjustments permit of varying the time of initiation. of the upper shutter by' itself or of both shutters together.

Theupper end of the reflector 58 supports a bracket 71 with a bent extremity 7 2 on the lower side of which is carried a mirror 7 3v adapted to reflect light received from the lamp 57 downwardly toward a shelf 74 extending out from a bracket 75 which depends from the lower front edge of the camera. An identification card 76 supplied for instance with a serial number, a date, the name and address of a person and with his signature is to be laid upon the shelf 74 and held in place by a transparent glass cover'77 hinged at 78. As is illustrated in Figure X one edge of the lass cover 77 is fashioned with a linear sca e 79 which may be etched on its lower surface. In Figure VIII is shown the subject v80 whose picture is to be taken and an operator 81 engagedin obtaining photographs at substantially the same time of the man and of his identification card, the photograph 82 of the man aud the photograph 83 of the identification card being recorded on a single sensitized element to give a unitary photograph as shown in Figure IX. V s

The operation of my appliance is as follows:

A man 80 doing business, for instance, with a'bank will take a seat opposite an emloyee 81 who, after lirst supplyin a card 6 with theI desired typewrltten ata and procuring thereon the slgnature of the person,-will insert such card face up between the shelf 74 and the glass cover 77 and will then turn the camera 16 upon the pedestal 5 so that the rays from the lamp 57 'may be reflected toward the 'man 80 and so that the latter will be in the ield of view of the lens- 22. The card 76 is properly focused .in the' lield of view of the lens in the structure 25 as reflected-'by the lprism 26. 'The filter 27 l will be chosen so as to effect the desired Some of the light raysl `color separation. l vfrom the lamp 57 will'be caught and reflected by the mirror 73 onto the card 76. It will be' supposed that'the plunger 47 will have been withdrawn by the turning of the key 49 to have permitted the unscrewing of the cap 45. The operator 81 has then merely to press the button 43 to actuate mechanism whereby the photographs 82 and 83 lare obtained in timed relation. The time of exposure as controlled by the shutters 23 and 28 will'usually not be the same, but that is a simple matter of adjustment accordingx to common practice depending upon the speeds at which the shutter mechanism shall the circuit. Y

have been elected to be set. During the turning movement of the camera 16 relative to the pedestal 5 -the arc of movement of the cable 54 and of the rod 63 Will be along -the segmental slot 12.

When the button 43 is pushed in the plunger 40 will rub the'. contacts 51 and 52 toclose the electric circuit and energize the lamp 57. Simultaneously, the inward move-4 ment imparted to the fork 50 will rock the lever 59 to shove up the rods 63 and 69 and henceoperate in unison the shutter control levers 24 and 29 thereby exposing in predetermined'timed relation the two sections of the film which is positioned at the focal plane of the camera. As soon aspressure is released romthe button 43 the', light willbe extinguished Jowing to the spring 42 having withdrawn the 'plunger 40 Iand broken The scale 79 is etched or otherwise fashioned on the'glass cover 77 will enable r'ead calculation of the size of the image whic is to be photographically'recorded. ...The

scale 79 is placed on the lower' side of the s glass cover -so that it will be inthe same proper focus as the card 76.- Hence, when d photographed the scale will .register the .size

of the image or one dimension of the card. In case of any test in a court the size of the original card will be proven by its measurement and comparison with the photographed scale bordering its reproduction.

The modification shown on sheet 5 dis- N cIoses. the substitution for the Afilm pack 19 of a compartment 84 govided with two sets w ch are Y mounted the spindles 86 of a pair of film s cols on one of which a roll of film ish'to tion automatically` performed intime periods determined by the'v frequency with which photographs willl be made. The casing 84 is further provided at one end with space for the insertion 'of a spring motor 87 to be wound bythe insertion of akey ,88 ina square opening 89. is claimed for the mechanism for controlling the motor 87 it being old in ma-nyarts, the description thereof has been cursory.

The automatically `operating intermittent actuation involvesA an escapement including a disc 90 notched at 91 together with a pivoted vlever 92 providedwith av detent 93 normally shoved upwardly by a spring 94.

An actuation rod 95 vconnected with the bell cranklever 59 articulates at its upper end with an interjacent portion ofa' lever 96 having its one end pivoted at 97 and its other end articulating in` turn with a push rodl 99 which is guided for up'and down, movement in guides 100 and 101. The rod 99 xedly carries a collar 102 and is surrounded between the guide 100 and the/collar 102 by a spring 103 normally active to e unwound-y `and on the therlwound and such winding and unwinding lwill bean intermittent ac- During the spring actuated return of the rod 99 downwardly the one end of-the trigger 105 will bear against a stop 107 thereby v compelling the other end to force down the lever 92 andsin so doing" cause the detent 93 to be withdrawn from-the notch 91 whereupon the sp1-ing motor I87 will cause the Iupperfs indle 86 to `malte 'one complete turn and shi another lm into place in the focal plane ofthe camera'before the detent 93 is again` permitted to slip into the notch 91 and'stop Vturning movement. of .the film.

The simplied vmodification illustrated on sheet 6- lcorresponds t'o the'disclosure of Figure I with the omission of the second or lower objective, of the mirror and of the shelf. For some business purposes a photoaph of a patron .or customer will suiiice. I claim: v

1. Apparatus ofthe character described.

comprising the unitary combination of a photographic appliance including ya pair of objectives having dilerent ields of view for comprehending dilerent objects of inter-` related significance while having a commonf focal plane, 'means for illuminating both objects and mechanism' for simultaneously operating said illuminating means and for controlling the admission of light through both objectives, distinct connections of parts las of said mechanism being selectively. adjustable.

2. Apparatus of the character described comprising the unitary combination of a pair of cameras, for photographing different objects, means for illuminating both objects and mechanism for operating both cameras and for controlling said illuminating means in timed relation, said mechanism including an adjustable connection with said means and another vadjustable `connection between said cameras whereby the operation of either or both cameras may be selectively synchronized with respect to the time of operation of' said means.

3. In combination, photographic apparatus comprising sensitized areas, a hght, means for controlling said light, a shutter for controlling the exposure of each area to light, and aselectively controllable connection between said means and shutter whereby the duration of their actions may be varied. 4. As a unitary photographic structure,l

lthe combination of a pair of objectives having the same focal plane, a sensitized element disposed in said plane, shutters for said objectives respectively, a lamp, means for operatin said shutters and means for lighting sai lamp, said means bein nected, one being adjustable and one a apted automatically to be operated by the other.

5. As a unitary structure, the combination of a box, a photographic appliance incorporated in said box comprisin two objectives comprehending diierent fie ds of view and further comprising a single sensitizedl element in the focal plane of both objectives, an electricv lamp carried by said box, a reflectin element for directing the light to an objecty in one field of view, and means including an adjustable connectionfor operating said cameras and for lighting said lamp in selectively timed relation.

.6. An appliance of the character described,comprising the combination of duplex photographic apparatus including objectives having distinct fields of view with relation.

8. A photographic appliance comprising the combination. of photographic apparatuses including objectives having distinct fields ofl view together with shutters, single adcon-l the comblnation as a unitary structure ofv a hollow support provided exteriorly with'a shelf, a pair of cameras built in said support and including objectives one of which includes a reiecting element to comprehend said shelf in its eld of View, an electric lamp carried exteriorly by said support and mechanism within said hollow support for simultaneously controlling the operation of 1said cameras and the energizing of said amp.

11e A photographic appliance comprising the combination as a unitary structure of a camera including an objective, a support for an object to be photographed and comprehended by the field of view of said objective, a glass cover movably carried by said support and fashioned along one edge and on its lower side with a scale, controlla-ble means for illuminating said support, and mechanism for operatlng said camera and illuminating means in timed relation.

12. In combination, a camera, a pair of objectives and a pair of shutters, an artificial source of light, and. mechanism for operating said shutters and for ashing said light in timed relation said mechanism including adjustable means to permit of varying the relation of the time period of the lighting effect with respect to said shutter actions.

13. In combination, photographic ap aratus comprising sensitized areas, a 11g t, means for controlling said light, a pair of shutters adjustable in action for controlling the exposure of said areas respectively to -said light,'and a mechanical operating connection between said meansA and shutters a part of said connection being adjustable whereby-the actions of said shutters may be selectively synchronized.

14. In combination, photographic apparatus comprising sensitized areas, a light,

means for controlling said li ht, a pair of shutters adjustable in action or controlling the exposure of said areas respectively to said light, -an adjustable connection between said means and one shutter and an adjustable connection between said shutters wherebythe actions of one of'said shutters may lao' be selectively synchronized singly or together with the other shutter with reference to the operation of saidlight controlling means.

15. In combination, photographic apparatus comprising sensitized'areas, a light, means for controlling said light, shutters for cont-rolling the ex spectively to said light, and ad'ustable connection between said means an one shutter whereby its action may be selectively synchronized and distinct adjustable means adapted to alter the time of initiation of action of the other shutter. N

16. A photographic appliance comprising the combination of a camera including an objective, asupport for an object to be pho- A element,y two objectives adapted simultanetographedand comprehended by the field of view of said objective, a glass cover lcarried by said support, one of said last mentioned associated elements being fashioned along one edge with a scale a pearing. to View, controllable-means for i uminatlng said support, and single interconnectedjmechanlsm' for operating said camera and illuminating means in timed relation.

17. In a photographic appliance, the combination of a camera including a sensitized ment of a person and of a record card pertaining to said person, an illuminating device lfor simultaneously illuminating the Sgarson andthe card while suitably placed, ut-

VIters forv said objectives, said shutters and illuminating device being actuable by one manually operable means includin rods, so that the time relation between e operation of said shutters and the illuminatingy device may be predeterminedto suit prevailing conditions.

18. A photographic appliance as set forth in claim 17, including turn-buckles connecting certain of the rods which connect the acmeans with the shutters. photographic a pliance as set tuatin 19. frth in claim 17, having a ase, said appliance being rotatabl supported o n said base, and wherein one o `the rodsconnecting the shutters vwith the actuating means extends through a curved slot provided in the top of said baseA to permit of rotation of theA appliance containing the shuttersA with respect to the base carrying the actuating means.- Y

Signed by me, this 17thl day of May, 1923. 

